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THE STATE OF WAR AND HOW IT
AFFECTED CHILDREN IN SIERRA LEONE
In Sierra Leone, the ten (10) years
bloody civil war has left thousands of children orphaned,
abandoned, handicapped, unaccompanied,
displaced or in refugees. Many of these children
are on the streets been used as sex trade and victims of various forms of abuse to earn their living. Child abuse has reached epidemic
proportions in our country. During the war, many of these children
were adopted and giving drugs and used
as child soldiers. The war is now over but suffering continues
for these children and special
preference to girls. Most of our children are not going to school.
They are living in poor health
conditions because of lack of adequate food, no good clothing and
poor shelter. Their parents or
guardians cannot afford the amount of money needed to pay
school fees. They are either unemployed or too old to work. |
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